ISLAMABAD, February 12, 2018:  The Punjab Assembly’s sitting continued for only 19 minutes on Monday while the Chair deferred the regular business of the House for a later sitting, observes Free and Fair Election Network in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during eleventh sitting of the 34^th session:

Members’ Participation

• The Punjab Assembly met for 19 minutes.
• The sitting started at 1545 hours against the scheduled time 1400 hours.
• The Deputy speaker presided over the entire sitting while the Speaker was not present.
• The Chief Minister did not attend the sitting.
• The Leader of the Opposition did not attend the sitting.
• As many as 14 MPAs (4%) were present at outset and 40 (11%) at adjournment of the sitting.
• None of the parliamentary leaders were present during the sitting.
• As many as two minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Output

• The House did not take up the legislative business included in the Orders of the Day.

Representation and Responsiveness

• Only one out of 12 Starred Questions was taken up for answers during the proceedings. The lawmakers asked two supplementary questions as well.

Order and Institutionalization

• The lawmakers raised four Points of Order consuming five minutes of the proceedings.
• The Opposition lawmakers staged a walkout for five minutes against the absence of the departmental secretaries during the Question Hour.
• The Chair adjourned the House to meet again on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 1000 hours.

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The daily factsheet is based on direct observation of the Punjab Assembly proceedings conducted by PATTAN Development Organization – a member organization of FAFEN. Errors and omissions are regretted